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France. Military Medal. 1951 Pattern.
Médaille Militaire.
The Military Medal is a French military decoration instituted on 22 January 1852 by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte. It was established for enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers and, in exceptional cases, for general officers and Marshals of France.
It is often referred to as the «Legion of Honour for Enlisted Personnel and Non-Commissioned Officers», the «Medal of the Brave», or the «Jewel of the Nation».
Pattern of the Fourth and Fifth French Republics. In use from 1951 to the present day.
French military medal.
